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CB 225-228

CB 225-228. Describe the economy of the US after WWII. Provide specific examples. What was a major concern of Americans after WWII? What was significant about the National Security Act of 1947? What purpose did the CIA serve?

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CB 225-228

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  1. CB 225-228 Describe the economy of the US after WWII. Provide specific examples. What was a major concern of Americans after WWII? What was significant about the National Security Act of 1947? What purpose did the CIA serve? Who was Alger Hiss, what was he charged with, and what happened to him?

  2. What was the Hollywood blacklist? • What is McCarthyism? • What 2 purposes was the National Highway Act to serve? • What ages did the Selective Service Act of 1951 apply to and which war did this act cause controversy? Can you predict why? • What did President Eisenhower mean by the term, “military-industrial complex?” • What was the “New Left?”

  3. 12. What is détente? Which president is it associated with? • Nixon was the first president to visit which country? • What was the SALT I Treaty? • Which president signed the SALT II Treaty? What it approved/ratified by Congress? Why or why not? • Which president rejected détente? Why? What policy did he advocate for dealing with the Soviets?

  4. 229-233 • What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson? • What did the Civil Rights Movement hope to achieve? • Who was the lawyer who defended Brown in the court case, Brown v. Board of Education? • What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education? • Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

  5. Who were the Little Rock Nine? • Who was James Meredith? • Who was George Wallace? • Who were the Dixiecrats? Who did they support as their presidential candidate? • Which event started the Civil Rights Movement? Who became their leader? • What tactic for bringing about change was MLK Jr. known for? Who influenced him? • Which event marked the beginning of sit-ins?

  6. 13. What was SNCC? Where did it originate? 14. What was the purpose for the Freedom Rides? 15. What speech did MLK Jr. give at the March on Washington? 16. What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? 17. Which amendment ended the poll tax? 18. What was Bloody Sunday? 19. What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

  7. 20. What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965? 21. What is affirmative action? 22. Who was Malcolm X? 23. Who was Stokely Carmichael? 24. What does “Black Power” refer to?

  8. 235-238 • What were some examples of non-conformity among teenagers and young adults? • What does counter-culture refer to? • Which movement supported the rights of migrant farm workers? Who was its leader? What methods for change was this movement known for? • Whose views helped start the Women’s Movement of the 1960s & 1970s? How? What organization did she start?

  9. Who was Gloria Steinem? • Who was Phyllis Schlafly? • Why did the Women’s Movement support the ERA? Why were some women against it? • What did the court decide in Roe v. Wade? • What purpose does the EPA serve?

  10. Vietnam War239-243 • What role did Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy play in the Vietnam War? • Who were the Viet Cong? • What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? • Why did some Americans criticize Johnson’s war policy in Vietnam? • Who was in charge of US forces in Vietnam? • Name 2 chemical poisons used in Vietnam.

  11. What was the Tet Offensive, and how did Americans react to it? • What was the My Lai Massacre? • What was President Nixon’s plan to end the Vietnam War? • Which 2 countries did US troops invade under Nixon and why? • What officially ended the Vietnam War? • Did containment work in Vietnam? Why or why not? • Why were many Americans upset about fighting the Vietnam War?

  12. 14. What was the protest at Kent State a reaction to? 15. What were the Pentagon Papers? • What were 2 legislative changes as a result of the Vietnam War? 17. What was the 26th Amendment? 18. What was the War Powers Act? Why was it passed?

  13. 244-246 • What was the first satellite to be launched? Which country? How did the US respond? • What was the purpose of the National Defense Education Act? • Who was the first man to walk on the moon? • How could atomic energy be used in a positive manner? • What is significant about Silicon Valley? • Which form of entertainment played a key role in defining a new youth movement in the 50s & 60s?

  14. 247-249 • What did Kennedy create to promote world peace that is still around today? • What was Kennedy’s domestic program called? • What was Johnson’s domestic program called? • What was the main focus of Johnson’s “Great Society?” • What program did Johnson create that was similar to the Peace Corps? How did it differ?

  15. 6. What 2 types of insurance was provided in Johnson’s “Great Society” programs? • What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare? • What is Head Start? • What was SDS and what issues did it want the government to do something about? • What happened at the Democratic Convention in 1968? • What did the Supreme Court decide in US v. Nixon?

  16. 12. What led to Nixon resigning as president? 13. Who was the only person to be vice president and president without getting elected?

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